Prefects' Council Election

Orchids has been following a tradition of having elections for the various school appointments for the past two years. In this context, students of Classes X who nominated themselves for the posts of Head Boy, Head Girl and the House Captains gave speeches as part of the campaign.

On 29/6/2013 all the students of Classes VI – X participated in voting for the representatives with a lot of interest and enthusiasm. Stiff competition is anticipated in terms of votes especially for the Head Boy and Head Girl, the most prestigious posts for the senior most students.    

Star of the week 8: Nikhila Thumma

Koffee with parents

22.6.12 was a day meant for ‘KOFFEE with Parents’ at Orchids. ‘Parents of Orchids, Hyderabad’ attended the interactive session which started with Principal, Ms. Mona Mehdi’s introductory, informative and promising address.  Orchids’s Mission and Vision, its Philosophy, Policies and Rules, activities and constant endeavours to progress were detailed. Orchids is committed to groom students who can become confident and able to deal with all situations. Ethical and moral values always have a predominant importance while pursuing technology-oriented education. Traditional and modern ideas go hand in hand in imparting education. Orchids is a certified Cambridge school and follows CBSE curriculum from classes VI-X.

 The report on the recent achievements of Orchidians, as in Olympiad contests, was very impressive.

The PowerPoint presentation by the Principal gave tips on parenting and advised parents to spend quality and quantity time with their children. They need to encourage their child to cultivate reading habit and motivate the child to offer a book with the child’s name, year and class written, to the school library on his/her birthday.

Parental cooperation in all the events and activities is quite essential and Orchids looks forward to it.  Parents need to encourage their children to grab opportunities and participate in all the programmes, activities and competitions which gradually improve their skills and performance.

Mr. S. Raj Kumar, Regional Manager and Mr. Kameshwara Rao, SAT Executive of South India, Kokuyo Camlin ltd. gave a demonstration of how painting can be made easy. Painting, just as any art, requires interest, patience and guidance and the experts motivated the viewers to learn the art.

A few students of class IX displayed their skills of Rubik’s cube to the delight of the audience.

The Session impressed the audience and closed with the nomination of Parent Representatives for all the classes who can be supportive and contribute ideas for the school’s progress. The session ended with another beginning!

World Music Day

Music expresses a way that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.                                                                                                                -Victor Hugo   

World Music day, also known as ‘La Fete de la Musique’, was a festival that began in 1982. The idea was conceived by the French Minister of culture, Jack Lang, in 1982. Since then 21st June has been celebrated every year as the Music Day.

The students of Orchids-The International school had a great opportunity to showcase their musical talent on the stage during the Assembly on 21-06-2013.

Niranjan  of class X performed on an electronic guitar and Subhasree of class IX on a classical Guitar and the keyboard was played by their Music Instructor Mr. Samuel

The group rendered a National song ‘Vandemataram’ both in Western and Classical style.

The song on delights of music sung by the school choir was accompanied by Guitars (Electrical and Classical) and Keyboard. The song is in Praise of God by Nature in its own sense of music and we join it in our own sense of music.

It was really a delightful conclusion of the musical performance of the day. 

RAJA RITHVIK, THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS CHAMPION - 2013

RAJA RITHVIK, studying in the 5^th class made Orchids - The International School proud yet another time. He has become the New National Schools Champion -2013 and bagged Gold medal on 11/6/2013 by scoring 7.5 points out of 9 rounds at Chennai. In the 9^th and Final round Rithvik defeated Mehta Naitik of Gujarat in a well fought encounter. Rithvik received the gold medal and Merit Certificate from Indian Grand Master Adhibhan of Chennai. Orchids congratulates him and wishes him all the best in his future endeavours.

Star of the week 7: Sameeksha.V

Tomorrow (15/6/2013) is a holiday as a precautionary measure (Nur-X).

Practising for Perfection

Related to ‘Focus of the month’ a guest lecture was organized on ‘Practising for Perfection’ by Dr.Sriram Kumar Chavali, Managing Director, First Object Technologies Ltd. for classes VI-X. Ardent passion precedes setting goals. A proper planning, sincere implementation and review of the work achieved are quite essential for an aspirant to hit the target. Clarity of goal and consistent practice to reach it yield perfect results. The lecture with PowerPoint presentation was impressive and interactive as students could relate themselves to the examples cited.

LEARNING LOG FOR JUNE AND JULY (2013)

Month’s Focus:  Practising for perfection                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                

Subject	Syllabus	Field Trip/Project work/Special activity
English	MCB –Unit 2 Work book-Units 1,2,& 3 Lit – Fire! Fire! Abou  ben Adhem	Poster on The world is one’ Essay on A wonderful wish’
Mathematics	1. Fractions and Decimals 2. Rational Numbers 3. Exponents and Powers.	To verify the properties of parallel lines using paper cutting and painting.
Social Science	History:  1. The Regional Kingdom I & II 2. The Sultanate Period Geography: 1. Inside our Earth 2. The changing Earth. Civics: 1. Pillars of Democracy.	Pasting the important pictures of temples during Pallavas, Pandavas and Cholas. Collecting some samples of Igneous and Sedimentary rock.
Science	Chemistry: 1. Acids, Bases and Salt 2. Physical and Chemical change. Biology: 1. Nutrition in animals 2. Animal Fibres. Physics: 1.Heat and its effects 2. Flow of heat.	To show different types of acids and bases in lab. Collecting samples of animal fibres. Measuring the body temperature.
II Language	Hindi: 1. Himalay ki beti 2. Katputli 3. Mithaiwala  4. Rakth aur Hamara Sharir Telugu: 1.Athiti Maryada 2. Melimi Muthyalu 3. Prakruti Vodilo 4. Adbhutamaina Selavulu.	Katputli banvya jayega. Paragraph writing on nature.
III Language	Hindi: 1. Eklavya 2. Swasth raho prasann raho 3. Vigyan ke chamatkar 4. Sacha mitr Telugu : 1. Esu Prabhhuvu 2. Garva Bhangamu 3. Vemana neetulu  4. Chatura balika  5. Sitako ka kachiluka French- Les verbes du er groupe au présent (affirmative) Les vêtements  L’article contracté avec la préposition	Vygyanik ke avishkar sahith chitr chipkayenge. Drawing different types of butterfly. Conjugate the first group verbs. Describe your clothing.
Creative writing skills		Collage of an ideal personality. Writing a newspaper report.
Computer Science	1. Windows 7                                                        2. Formulas and Functions.	Working with basic and compound formulas. Working with window explorer and control panel.
Music	1. I got peace like a river 2. The sun comes with a great big smile 3. Ekta swatantrata 4. God’s love
Games	Basketball ; Throw ball
Competition	27/7/13 – Mother and child competition

                                                                                                                                      

                                         

                                                                                 

Events and Celebrations:-

1.  13/6/13 -Guest Lecture (VI-X)

2.  15/6/13 -House meeting (VI-X)

3.  21/6/ 13- World Music Day (Assembly presentation)

4.  22/6/13- Koffee with parents (Nur-X)/Holiday for students

5.  29/6/13- Prefects’ Council election

6.  11/7/13- World Population Day (Assembly presentation)

7.  13/7/13- Investiture Ceremony

8.  15/7/13- 19-7-13 - USSR

9.  20/7/13- PTM Book fair

10. 26/7/13 Kargil victory (Assembly presentation) + Van Mahostav (Nur- X)

11. 27/7/13 Mother and child competition /Holiday for students

Assessments:-

 Formative Assessment-I   -   1/7/13 to 9/7/13 (VI-X)

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